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  • 2007 - Clinical Teacher Award, Infectious Disease Society of America

Overview

Daniel M. Musher is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a focus on epidemiology, infectious diseases, and microbiology. Their research predominantly addresses pneumonia and respiratory infections, respiratory viral infections, nosocomial infections in intensive care units, bacterial infections and vaccines, Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment, tuberculosis research and epidemiology, and sepsis diagnosis and treatment.

Their recent publications include:

  • The remarkable history of pneumococcal vaccination: an ongoing challenge, 2022, Pneumonia
  • Etiology of community-acquired pneumonia in adults: a systematic review, 2020, Pneumonia
  • Treatment of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompromised Adults, 2020, CHEST Journal
  • The Microbial Etiology of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults: from Classical Bacteriology to Host Transcriptional Signatures, 2022, Clinical Microbiology Reviews
  • Evaluation of a Paradigm Shift From Intravenous Antibiotics to Oral Step-Down Therapy for the Treatment of Infective Endocarditis, 2020, JAMA Internal Medicine

Frequent co-authors working with Daniel M. Musher include Saeed Shoar, Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas, Julio A. Ramírez, Scott E. Evans, and Charles S. Dela Cruz.

Their work has appeared most often in the following publication venues:

  • Open Forum Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Pneumonia
  • CHEST Journal
  • JAMA Internal Medicine

Daniel M. Musher's research spans over 100 publications in medicine, with particular focus on epidemiology, infectious diseases, microbiology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and critical care medicine. The scientist was recognized with the Clinical Teacher Award from the Infectious Disease Society of America in 2007.

Best Publications

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America/American Thoracic Society Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

    Lionel A. Mandell;Richard G. Wunderink;Antonio Anzueto;John G. Bartlett

  • Diagnosis and Treatment of Adults with Community-acquired Pneumonia. An Official Clinical Practice Guideline of the American Thoracic Society and Infectious Diseases Society of America

    Joshua P. Metlay;Grant W. Waterer;Ann C. Long;Antonio Anzueto

  • Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Adults

    John G Bartlett;Scott F Dowell;Lionel A Mandell;Thomas M File

  • Update of Practice Guidelines for the Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Adults

    Lionel A. Mandell;John G. Bartlett;Scott F. Dowell;Thomas M. File

  • Management of Community-Acquired Pneumonia in the Era of Pneumococcal Resistance: A Report From the Drug-Resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group

    James D. Heffelfinger;Scott F. Dowell;James H. Jorgensen;Keith P. Klugman

  • Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: recurrence and the impact of antibiotic treatment in a prospective multicenter study.

    Feng-Yee Chang;James E. Peacock;Daniel M. Musher;Patricia Triplett

  • Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome: emergence of a unique syndrome during highly active antiretroviral therapy.

    Samuel A. Shelburne;Richard J. Hamill;Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas;Stephen B. Greenberg

  • Infections Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae: Clinical Spectrum, Pathogenesis, Immunity, and Treatment

    Daniel M. Musher

  • Acute otitis media: management and surveillance in an era of pneumococcal resistance--a report from the Drug-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae Therapeutic Working Group.

    Scott Dowell;Jay Butler;G. Giebink;Michael Jacobs

  • Relatively Poor Outcome after Treatment of Clostridium difficile Colitis with Metronidazole

    Daniel M. Musher;Daniel M. Musher;Saima Aslam;Nancy Logan;Srikanth Nallacheru

  • Role of acute infection in triggering acute coronary syndromes

    Vicente F Corrales-Medina;Mohammad Madjid;Mohammad Madjid;Mohammad Madjid;Daniel M Musher;Daniel M Musher

  • Treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated disease: old therapies and new strategies

    Saima Aslam;Richard J Hamill;Daniel M Musher

  • Cardiac Complications in Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia Incidence, Timing, Risk Factors, and Association With Short-Term Mortality

    Vicente F. Corrales-Medina;Daniel M. Musher;George A. Wells;Julio A. Chirinos

  • A prospective multicenter study of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: incidence of endocarditis, risk factors for mortality, and clinical impact of methicillin resistance.

    Feng-Yee Chang;Brent B. Macdonald;James E. Peacock;Daniel M. Musher

  • Acute infection and myocardial infarction.

    Daniel M. Musher;Michael S. Abers;Vicente F. Corrales-Medina

  • Bacterial spinal epidural abscess. Review of 43 cases and literature survey.

    Rabih O. Darouiche;Richard J. Hamill;Stephen B. Greenberg;Susan W. Weathers

  • Reduction in Functional Antibody Activity Against Streptococcus pneumoniae in Vaccinated Elderly Individuals Highly Correlates with Decreased IgG Antibody Avidity

    Sandra Romero-Steiner;Daniel M. Musher;Marty S. Cetron;Lorna B. Pais

  • Phosphorylcholine on the lipopolysaccharide of Haemophilus influenzae contributes to persistence in the respiratory tract and sensitivity to serum killing mediated by C-reactive protein.

    Jeffrey N. Weiser;Nina Pan;Karin L. McGowan;Daniel Musher

  • Effect of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection on the Course of Syphilis and on the Response to Treatment

    Daniel M. Musher;Richard J. Hamill;Robert E. Baughn

  • The Association between Pneumococcal Pneumonia and Acute Cardiac Events

    Daniel M. Musher;Daniel M. Musher;Adriana M. Rueda;Anjum S. Kaka;Anjum S. Kaka;Sulaiman M. Mapara

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Hamill
Richard J. Hamill Baylor College of Medicine
Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas
Maria C. Rodriguez-Barradas Baylor College of Medicine
Rabih O. Darouiche
Rabih O. Darouiche Baylor College of Medicine
Edward A. Graviss
Edward A. Graviss Houston Methodist
Richard J. Wallace
Richard J. Wallace The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler
John G. Bartlett
John G. Bartlett Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Scott F. Dowell
Scott F. Dowell Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Herbert L. DuPont
Herbert L. DuPont The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Antoni Torres
Antoni Torres University of Barcelona
Cynthia G. Whitney
Cynthia G. Whitney Emory University

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